Marksmanship Hunter PvP Best Arena Compositions (Dragonflight / Patch 10.0.5)
Team composition in 2v2 or 3v3 Arena is very important, because not all classes work well together. Here, we give you the best compositions you can have for your Marksmanship Hunter (i.e., the best classes to pair with it).
This page is part of our Marksmanship Hunter PvP Guide.
2v2 Arena
In 2v2 Arena, you do not have many options. Trueshot has a 3-minute
cooldown and it is crucial to use it at the correct time. Before you use your
burst rotation, try to make the enemy healer use their trinket. If you are
playing with a Holy Paladin or Restoration Druid, they should use their stun to
start the crowd control. Follow that up with a
Freezing Trap and
Scatter Shot. At the same time you should be doing your sustained
damage rotation. When the enemy healer is starting to fall behind in healing
or uses their trinket, you should use your burst rotation. With this strategy
you are trying to do so much single-target damage to a target that the enemy
healer will not be able to heal through it.
Here is a list of the best team compositions for 2v2:
- Marksmanship Hunter + Holy Paladin
- Marksmanship Hunter + Discipline Priest
- Marksmanship Hunter + Restoration Druid
- Marksmanship Hunter + Holy Priest
3v3 Arena
Your role in 3v3 is similar to 2v2 Arena. You will be focusing on maximizing
your single target damage while still crowd controlling the enemy healer with
Scatter Shot and
Freezing Trap. When
you start the crowd control chain, your teammate should stun the kill target
and then use your burst rotation. You do not always have to stun the kill
target. If your team only has one reliable stun like
Hammer of Justice
or
Mighty Bash, it is best to use it on the enemy healer.
Here is a list of the best team compositions for 3v3:
- Jungle (Marksmanship Hunter + Feral Druid + Holy Paladin/Discipline Priest)
- Cupid (Marksmanship Hunter + Retribution Paladin + Restoration Druid/ Discipline Priest)
- Marksmanship Hunter + Arms Warrior + Restoration Shaman/Holy Paladin
Changelog
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page reviewed and approved for Patch 9.2.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 06 Jul. 2021: Updated best 2v2 compositions.
- 15 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch (9.0.1)
This guide has been written by Azortharion, a Hunter Theorycrafter and Guidewriter since 2014, and considered one of the best Hunters in the world. He is an accomplished player with dozen of top parses for all specs throughout the game's history. He is also the Admin of Trueshot Lodge, the Hunter Class Discord, and you can watch his stream on Twitch. He even has his own personal Discord channel where you can get notifications about when the guides get updated and have direct communications with him.
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